2019-20 Southern Adirondacks Guide to the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor

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Waterfalls, Rivers & lakes
3 Santanoni Preserve Trait to the Old ‘Farm
Walk (2 miles RT, easy) Take the firSt mile of
the old Santanoni Road from the Gatehouse
to the farm and you will see the old cow barn,
creamery and spring house.
4 Calamity Brook to Flowed land (9.4 miles
RT, moderate)
This is an interesting route with ponds,
brooks and a monument. Extend your outing by
exploring the area around Flowed land.
5 Santanoni Preserve Trail to Newcomb
Lakes (10 miles RT, easy) Follow the gravel
road from the gate house to the “Great Camp
Santanoni.”
6 Bear Pond loop (moderate) This bluemarked
trail makes a loop with the Rock Pond
- Clear, Pond Trail from Heart Pond to Bear
Pond and back to Rock Pond. It is 1.0 mile from
Heart Pond to Bear Pond and l.5”miles from
Rock Pond to Bear Pond.
7 Grizzle Ocean (5 miles RT, easy, entrance
fee to state campground) Walk to the lean-to on
this picturesque pond and explore its shores on
the trail that circles the pond.
8 Moose Mtn. Pond (6 miles RT, easy) The
trail to this remote pond parallels a. stream and
marsh, and passes th rough a grove of large
hemlocks and pines. There are great views of
the pond and surrounding mountains from a
ledge at the pond’s edge. A side trail leads to
Bass Lake (l.4 miles RT) which has rock, ledges,
cliffs and great fishing in its deep, cold, water.
9 Crane Pond via Blue Hill (6.2 miles RT,
moderate) This is an interesting walk through
an old growth forest to a nice picnic spot and
pond.
10 Pharaoh lake Trail The new trail head
on Pharaoh Road, which heads northward from
Beaver Pond Road, is 1.0 mile south at the old
trail head at Mill Brook. The Pharaoh lake outlet
is 3.4 miles from the new, trail head. The
trail to the take, which is an old road, is marked
and maintained as a horse trail. Another horse
traM begins near the village of Adirondack and’
leads north, then east for 7.4 miles before intersecting
the Pharaoh Lake Trail just south of
the Pharaoh Lake outlet. The trail along the east
shore o( Pharaoh Lake begins at the outlet and
is marked with yellow trail markers.
The trail offers many fine views of the lake
and Pharaoh Mountain. It intersects the long
Swing Trail at the north end of the lake, 2.3
miles from the outlet dam. The west shore trail,
marked in yellow and red, passes three lean-tos
within the first mile. The summit of Pharaoh
Mountain is reached 3.2 miles from the outlet
dam.
11 Boreas River–Hewitt Eddy (2.4 miles
RT, easy) This is a level walk along the turbulent
Boreas River to a wide, quiet eddy and
picnic spot.
12 Blue Ledge (5 miles RT, easy) Enjoy
a rare riverside view of the turbulent Hudson
River Gorge near a horseshoe bend where, on
the opposite shore, an impressive 300-foot cliff
drops precipitously to an unusually calm section
of the river. The trail into the river is delightful
and lined with wildflowers in the spring.
13 Cheney Pond-Lester Flow (5.2 miles RT,
easy) The grassy lane of an old road leads to
panoramic views in almost every direction at
Lester Flow ‘which is also a good waterfowl
viewing area.
14 Hewitt Pond-Stony Pond 16 miles, moderate,
2 cars needed) This trail traverses rough
and interesting terrain as it winds through a
deep col and beside several lakes.
15 Hoffman Notch Traverse (7.6 miles,
moderate, 1 cars needed) An old wagon route
leads through this remote and little-traveled
mountain Pass and dense forest. You’ll pass
huge trees, glacial erratics, 200 foot cliffs, fern
meadows, cascading streams, several marshes
and excellent views across the waters of Big
Marsh.
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